316 HETEROMERA. 
b. Epipleure abbreviated at the last ventral suture. 
6. Helops inanis. 
Tarpela inanis, Allard, Mittheil. der schweiz. ent. Ges. v. p. 262". 
Hab. Mexico (colls. F. Bates and Haag +). 
Two examples (male and female) of this species are contained in Mr. F. Bates's 
collection ; one of these is labelled as having been found by Mr. Flohr near the city of 
Mexico. 
7. Helops funebris. 
Elongate ovate, moderately convex, brownish-piceous, rather dull. Head broad, closely and somewhat coarsely, 
the intraocular space more sparingly and more irregularly, punctured, the epistoma long, broadly and but 
feebly emarginate in front, and limited behind by a very shallow groove; antenne (female) rather short 
and stout; prothorax broad, transverse, strongly margined, the margins thickened, the sides slightly 
rounded, almost equally narrowed at the base and apex, and distinctly sinuate immediately before the 
base, the apex feebly emarginate (almost straight if viewed from above), the anterior angles broadly 
rounded, the base very broadly produced in the middle (the central portion passing the hind angles) and 
feebly sinuate on each side externally, the basal fovee: rather deep, the hind angles obliquely cut off behind 
and slightly prominent, the disc with a strong transverse sinuous impression before the base, the surface 
closely and somewhat coarsely punctured ; scutellum transverse, broad; elytra long, rather broad, not 
very convex, flattened on the disc, gradually widening from the base to considerably beyond the middle, 
rather strongly margined, the humeri rounded, with rows of fine, shallow, distantly placed, elongate 
impressions, the impressions still finer and shallower towards the apex, the interstices perfectly flat 
throughout, sparingly though very distinctly punctured, and with traces of fine obsolete transverse 
wrinkles on the disc; beneath more shining, dark reddish-brown, somewhat coarsely punctured, the 
flanks of the prothorax very coarsely wrinkled and punctured, the ventral surface also strongly longi- 
tudinally wrinkled; prosternum gradually declivous, convexly produced, the apex armed with a smooth 
rounded prominence; mesosternum broad, very broadly but shallowly excavate; legs stout, the femora 
and tibie coarsely punctured. 
Length 133 millim.; breadth 5% millim. ( 2.) 
Hab. Muxico, Puebla (Sallé). 
Oneexample. Allied to H. inanis, but broader, the thorax strongly transverse (about 
as long as broad in ZH. ¢nanis), the scutellum larger and broader, the legs stouter, and 
the femora, tibie, and under surface more coarsely punctured; the elytra sculptured 
much as in that species. 
8. Helops punctato-striatus. 
Oblong ovate, moderately convex, rather broad, bronze-black, rather dull. Head closely, coarsely, and very 
unequally punctured, the intraocular space with much coarser impressions (the impressions very irregular 
and here and there longitudinally confluent) and somewhat flattened, the epistoma long, shallowly emar- 
ginate in front, and limited behind by a broad and deep transverse groove, the eyes small; prothorax 
large, transverse, comparatively very broad, moderately convex (more strongly so in front), narrowly 
margined (the margins not impressed within), the sides broadly but very feebly sinuate emarginate just 
before the middle, thence to the apex rounded and slightly narrowing, and obliquely narrowing behind, 
the apex almost straight (if viewed from above), the anterior angles deflexed and very broadly rounded, 
the base almost truncate, the hind angles obtuse, the basal fovez obsolete, the surface very closely and 
